Trent Olson
a publishing geek trying to figure out how creative content will sustain anyone in the next cycle. vegetarian & cat lover. yes, even LOLcats.
of Montreal – Coquet Coquette - http://www.last.fm/music...
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Characteristics of Technical Documents:
Sep 26, 2010
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Addresses particular #readers Twitter users (generally younger, culturally aware, tech-savvy) who are also book lovers.
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Helps readers solve #problems Providing answers to twitter users who are directly addressing questions to the company.
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Reflects an organization's #goals & #culture Fostering interest in books and reading by engaging customers; promoting literacy campaigns.
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Reflects an organizations #goals & #culture Fostering interest in books and reading by engaging customers; promoting literacy campaigns.
Sep 26, 2010
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The Measures of Excellence in Technical Communication:
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#Conciseness The cardinal rule of twitter. 140 characters or less. (Sorry, couldn't resist the pun.)
Sep 26, 2010
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#Accessibility Easy to search tweets for info, esp. if the tweet includes hashtags. Also, easy to access info from many different devices.
Sep 26, 2010
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#Comprehensiveness Tweets are not very comprehensive: the platform places #Conciseness above all. (+ poss. loss in #Clarity & #Correctness).
Sep 26, 2010
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Apologies in advance for the string of odd tweets I'm about to send...putting together a presentation for tech writing class in tweet form.
Sep 26, 2010
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Interpol – Barricade - http://www.last.fm/music...
Sep 26, 2010
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Future Islands – Tin Man - http://www.last.fm/music...
Sep 22, 2010
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The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials, #1) - http://www.goodreads.com/review...
Sep 8, 2010
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and one more glitch in #NHL11: at one point, my pro couldn't move at all. game kept going, controller was fine...but I was stuck. offside.
Sep 8, 2010
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also weird menu glitches in #NHL11: no prompts for button presses, frozen ticker, esp. on menu right after game is finished.
Sep 8, 2010
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having terrible framerate issues in #NHL11...and that's just the start. finished preseason with my Pro, but there's no regular season. huh?
Sep 8, 2010
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The Books – The Story Of Hip Hop - http://www.last.fm/music...
Sep 5, 2010
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Arcade Fire – Rococo - http://www.last.fm/music...
Sep 5, 2010
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Re: The Hidden Link Between E-Readers and Sheep (It’s Not What You Think) - http://www.wired.com/gadgetl...
Sep 5, 2010
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"Half a sheet of A4 is A5. I wish we'd adopt the ISO 216 standards in Canada/U.S., but since the U.S. still won't adopt the metric system, I imagine that day won't come soon."
- Trent Olson
Future Islands – Beach Foam - http://www.last.fm/music...
Sep 4, 2010
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Beastie Boys – Sabotage - http://www.last.fm/music...
Sep 4, 2010
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The Rural Alberta Advantage – Don't Haunt This Place - http://www.last.fm/music...
Sep 4, 2010
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Amon Tobin – Bridge - http://www.last.fm/music...
Sep 4, 2010
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Bear in Heaven – Beast in Peace - http://www.last.fm/music...
Sep 4, 2010
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LCD Soundsystem – All I Want - http://www.last.fm/music...
Sep 4, 2010
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love Monday Night Combat, but please fix the bug where it disconnects and drops you on a logo screen
Aug 30, 2010
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RT @geekandahalf: OH: "When a tornado hits a volcano...that's probably the worst."
Aug 22, 2010
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RT @lyteforce Wonder if @billysweatt knows what he's in for being the 2nd #Canucks player on twitter. << who's the 1st??
Aug 21, 2010
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I use Android TweetDeck with text size 21! #deckondroid (and I find it odd that I can auto-tweet my font size...)
Aug 21, 2010
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playing w/ # tweetdeck for android. just figured out how to add columns for my lists! happy I can do that, but not very intuitive
Aug 12, 2010
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